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[heavengones]

“what do you want me to say ?” blues are vicious when they stare into the familiarity of a comfort . the only man in her life to make her understand how a person could be a home . “they say when you know , you know and i guess i just knew .”

[rattusrattus3]

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[destiel-wings]

watching Angel (the series), I feel like is really interesting, specifically in s3 cause I think in some ways it was good but they did Cordelia SO dirty. I feel like there were some aspects where I was like yeah that was totally written by a man e.g. when Angel gives her a necklace after being away cause of Buffy’s death and she’s like it brings out my boobs 🙄.

I feel like there are some scenes that are kinda ironic considering how Joss treated Charisma like when Cordelia was doing that commercial? Like was that a dig at Joss? But also that’s 90s early 2000s writing as well.

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

I don't know if you're watching the show for the first time or not, so I won't give you direct spoilers, but what they did to Cordelia gets so much worse in season 4.

There is one storyline specifically that happens that season that we as a fandom collectively pretend never happened.

And I actually like season 4 (i love the way that it's built, the plot twists, the epic tones of the main villain coming, the way that some characters develop and the main theme/metaphor that relates to the big bad of the season), but what they did to Cordelia will always be one of the greatest faults of the show. And now that all the rumors about Joss are out, we know why that happened too. 😔 That's when Charisma was pregnant and Joss threatened to fire her. And he did.

I mean, I can see the casual misogyny you're mentioning in the first three seasons as partly being due to the 90s/early 2000s writing (definitely a factor), and partly as a sad realistic depiction of what real actresses in the business like Cordelia (or generally women everywhere) had to endure at the time, when they couldn't even speak up. And i think there's a distinction to be made here, because there's two types of misogyny (or any other problematic behavior) that can be shown in media.

The scene where Cordelia is posing in a bikini and the photographer is a complete jerk for example is a harsh depiction of what society used to be (and still is), and so, in my opinion deserves to be in the show, because stuff like that is a slap in the face that should outrage us. Shows nowadays are excessively tiptoeing around real life issues. And i don't think it's helping anyone. I think we should be able to see stuff like that in fiction so we can say "this is horrible. It shouldn't happen in real life," and hopefully we can learn from it and get better as a society. In this sense, it's useful misogyny, because it exists to outrage the viewer and sensitize them to the issue. And there's tons of other examples of this in the show (I'm thinking about Lilah's storyline for example).

And then there's the pointless misogyny. Lines like "it brings out my boobs!" or other examples that i can't think of right now that won't really teach you anything if not make you cringe thinking "a woman would never say something like that", or "this is a disservice to the character for no valid reason" (like what they did to Cordy in season 4). That type of misogyny outrages us, but for different reasons, because it's gratuitous and completely unnecessary, and should be rightfully cut out.

Unfortunately the show does both. It is the product of its time, and that needs to be taken into consideration. In the end, I think the good it did outweighs the bad, and it managed to tell stories that are still strong and powerful today because it never shied away from speaking about human weakness and visceral struggles in a way that's raw. And people can relate to that (generally speaking).

And you're right, it is ironic, Joss became a feminist icon for creating Buffy, a show where strong (and yet human, flawed, imperfect) characters always stole the scene (with a few male characters exceptions)-- and then he created Angel. A different show, more adult, darker, with some noir touches, and a male lead. And I think, the vibe being so different and more focused on a male lead like Angel (who represents an anti-hero version of the knight in shining armor, which is, per se, an anti-feminist trope) the slope was slippery and so some misogyny slipped through. I'm not saying that misogyny was inherent to the basis of this show but... it kinda was. One could even say that Angel is the anti-Buffy (literally, one show being about a frisky young female lead who is a hero pledged to rid the world from evil vampires, and the other one being about a brooding 200+ year old male lead that is a former(?) evil vampire always ready to save a damsel in distress). The cool thing though, is the show itself is aware of that, and brings it out at text level (for example with Spike mocking Angel for it, in one of the very first episodes of season 1). So what I'm saying is... it's complicated. It's a show that uses its female characters to cater to its male characters' arcs sometimes. But it's also a show that gives us great female characters. Strong, powerful, intelligent, human, unapologetic. There's the good and the bad.

Back to Joss Whedon, personally, I can see him putting a lot of his own personal struggles into the show. Like, the theme of Angel season 5 is literally about the heroes trying not to get corrupted by the power, and that's kind of what Joss did. Guess he wasn't as good and righteous as most of his characters in the end.

[themosthatedbeingg]

{ Pride Ball event !!}

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It was time, everything was set up, the staff was ready and the food and drinks have been cooking and set out, the Pride celebrations and parades were going on right now and soon guests would start appearing for the actual Ball.

The hotel had been cleaned up and decorated accordingly , with signs leading to the grand ballroom that had been transported from the palace to the Hotel, an extra dimensional space added on to make room that linked to the Morningstar palace itself in case of extra storage needed.

Lucifer was pretty sure most of the guest’s doors were locked and he was sure no one was stupid enough to go snooping around but who knows what would happen when the party was in full swing.

There was security around the outside as well a few guards inside ; as the Royals would be attending, Monty would sadly not be able to sit this one out on Lucifer’s hat as per usual.

The mood was festive and loud and proud as Hell celebrated not only Pride but the Fall/Entrance of their King themself Lucifer Morningstar , when the star came down to Hell and gave it a new life .

Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel/Pride Ball party !

[mephone-1]

Do you like fizzy estrogen

//THERES A 'STORY' BEHIND THIS ONE

Hm. I. Do not know what. “Fizzy estrogen”. Is. So. I do not believe I am able to state an opinion on it.

I apologize for my innability to provide an answer as of the current moment. If you wish to hear my opinion on. “Fizzy estrogen”. Please provide more context to or rewrite your query to be more understandable. I apologize for the inconvenience.

[theonethatyaks93]

GRRRRRR PINKY GIVE ME UR GENDER!!! WHY IS HE THE MOST FABULOUS THING ALIVE?!! MORE PEOPLE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS MOUSE'S FASHION CHOICES AND HOW AMAZING THEY ARE!!!! PLEASE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS ICON MORE!!!!💖💖

[satokolivesinloops]

Open Starter

(Anyone can reply, crossovers and OCs welcome!)

Satoko smirked as she finished setting up the water bucket above the door, laughing to herself quietly. Typically when she sprang a trap like this, it had a specific target. Today, however, she was just bored - currently stuck in the library, forced to study all alone. Whoever was the next person to open that door would find themselves completely soaked.

In her mind she had hoped it would be her best friend, Rika. An appropriate punishment for leaving Satoko to study all by herself. Maybe she would change her mind and join her, after all. Satoko knew it was unlikely, but loved the idea anyway. Whoever it was, she couldn't wait to see their reaction. It was a simple, classic trap, but an effective one, regardless.

[santaverse]

[ Hello everyone! Happy New Year! ]

[ I'm sorry for the random disappearance after Christmas. I sort of burned myself out. I took my lack of activity here pretty hard - but the source of my inactivity was simply resting & enjoying the holidays with my family! ]

[ im still going to do what I said earlier: threads WILL get replies! starters WILL be made! inbox asks WILL get replied to! i just hope y'all won't mind my slow speed! I'm doing what I can at the speed I feel will prevent me from crashing entirely ]

[darkenforcer]

@innerbeast

spirale's colorless makeover be damned, yuri could make it to his partner's home blindfolded. not that he'd ever try, but the point stands.

while there is a reason behind the visit, stumbling on dar tending to his chocobo has him a tad distracted (the man sporting a fitting red-orange, stark against the white beach). saves him from knocking, which is a perk, but the cozy scene leaves the swordsman with more unfiltered fuzz than he'd typically know what to do with. luckily, dar clues in on his presence before the feeling can be tread very far.

"took you long enough," he greets with a chuckle, an easy -- frankly, unabashed -- smile left behind... one that turns sheepish as chirps set off within his vest.

"one sec-- hey, knock it off! what'd i say about digging your nails into me?" it's a chide that only makes sense once he unveils... a bird! raggedy lil' guy, too-- big head, patchy feathers (magenta, thanks to yuri), and grumpy, to top it all of.

"soo, funny coincidence," he starts, giving bibidi a nod, "guess who's stuck with this thing thanks to aury being a cold-hearted creep again? figured i could use some tips, get a good look at your hue while i'm at it... win-win, right? for me, anyway."

[tf-sweetlight]

Her baby's coverd on energon

@wasp-not-crazy

Wasp!

Are you ok?! Σ(,,oΔo,,)

[missingmxstic]

@skarletchains from

She watched the chains fade curiously, focusing for a moment to see if they would reappear with concentration. When it doesn't work, she tapped her chin, thinking on the man's words.

"Possibly. I didn't mean to intrude on something I shouldn't see, sometimes it just happens when I'm not thinking about it. How does one go about forming such an ability?" If she hadn't already awakened one.

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

HIIIIII ARIIIIII>:33333333 i am here to inquire abt sashisuri and getting married!!!!!!!!! how would all of your weddings look like????? would you even have a wedding, maybe just a reception? maybe you just wanna exchange rings and that'd be enough? TELL MEE TELLL MEEEEE PLEAAASEEE<333 and omg.. how does kenny feel about a wedding? how does laios?

and again if you (or them for that matter) aren't one for weddings and all that, is there any other way you guys show your everlasting love to each other?????

HEHEHHEEE ARIIIII I WANNA HEAR ALL ABOUT YOUR SELFSHIPSSSS PLEASEEEE you're all so cute i need to kiss your foreheads go on get in line everybody<3333 I HOPE UR HAVING A GOOD DAY AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF!!!! i know you said that you're gonna be quite busy, so i hope you're still getting your rest!!!!!! mwah mwah mwah i love you sm angel<3333 - @teddybeartoji

MICKEY ……………..

this ask….. has been Spinning in my brain since you sent it </3 we already talked about it a bit but aaaaaa sashisuri has been………… making me a little insane lately . sniffle. thank you for indulging me my love <3333 i have a feeling this will get long but that’s the arimickey standard, here’s a cup of coffee and some treats while you read :3 ☕️🧁

OK SO ……. just . generally speaking!!!! i am Not a marriage person lmao….. i’d prefer not having a wedding at all. or even getting legally married? just being engaged for the rest of my life sounds like a dream honestly…… buuut with that being said i do think some of these guys (one guy in particular😒) would want me to compromise 😭

satoru is like me i think <33 he doesn’t have any real desire to get married, and arigojo is also a mega slowburn so??? yk. it’s not exactly a standard relationship!! i also feel like he’s turned off from marriage because of how awful most clan marriages are in jjk…… he doesn’t want me legally becoming a gojo. :((((( but like we talked abt…. i think he still ends up asking me if i’d like to be with him forever 🥹 and he buys rings!! because he likes it when we match…. super expensive and custom made. maybe a sun/moon motif? the issue is that we both see each other as the sun so???? it’s . a week-long debate. buuuut yeah he just buys us the rings and everyone else is like …. did you . get married to gojo 🤨🤨 ………….. and it’s not Exactly true but we’re married in spirit yk??

anyway just to tie this back to the first point…….. even though we aren’t legally married he takes my last name :33 and gets upset when people refer to him as gojo . he’s lenient with the students but poor ijichi gets the MEANEST side eye (nobody told him 💔💔💔)

ANYWAYYY TGAT WAS. a lot of gojo. next is suguru and like we discussed <3333 i think this guy is very much the marriage type. he daydreams about it. he loves the idea of being my husband and loves the idea of me being his spouse……. silly little sappy loser. thankfully he’d prefer a small, private wedding, which is the only kind i’d be comfy with 😭 we end up reaching a compromise and only inviting the most important people (satoshoko :333) it’s cozy and intimate and we both cry LMAOOO i hate him actually take him away from me mickey….. he cries while proposing too…….

i doooooooo . also. want to mention cult leader geto…… the alternative arisugu flavour. this guy 😔😔😔😔 SIGH…… he wants a traditional japanese wedding. wants to see me in a kimono…… i don’t have a choice (i Do but he’ll pout ://) he doesn’t want any non-sorcerers around to ✨sully the atmosphere✨ so it’s just us, his family and my closest friends :33 he cries a LOTTTTT. he tries so hard to keep it together but he cries when he sees me and cries while saying his vows…… cries when he’s laying next to me in bed once the festivities are over………… makes me pinkie promise not to regret my decision because he’s silly and stupid. i do it anyway because i love him :(((( stupid fox…

ok enough abt the loser men let’s talk abt the loser Women <3333 shoko is just like me fr i don’t think she’s interested in marriage at all but for some reason i do feel like we’d end up legally married??? like…… we just kinda sign the papers one day and that’s that. i propose to her with a ring pop and she’s like okay let’s do it???? and who am i to deny my wife…….. she does eventually get us proper rings and only then do the people around us realize we’re married LMAOO (gojo owes suguru 20$) she also wants to see me in a wedding dress i think… just once………..

OHHH AND AND AND if we’re talking abt sashisuri as a polyship then i think we do get married :33 um. we might have to legally get married in pairs though…. not sure if polyamorous marriage is a thing in either of our countries……… no idea who marries who but it doesn’t really matter because we’re All married, y’know?? it’s either a full-on wedding with lots of our shared friends or just the four of us lol, no inbetween <333 it feels more like a cozy party than anything!!!!!

KENJAKU ……. well 💀 . hmmmm. arikenny is a very unorthodox relationship mickey i’d call it a lifetime companionship more than anything??? if that makes sense???? 😭 kenny never actually says we’re dating so i think it’s safe to say marriage is never brought up . BUT they do verbalize the sentiment at some point!! either in a really casual way (”we have a whole lifetime to figure it out,” or something else that implies they want me around forever) or something more akin to a proposal…… ”wouldn’t it be nice to do this forever? what do you say?” or maybe just ”you’ll be by my side until the moment you die.” which . sounds pretty awful right?? they mean it in a romantic way though. idk mickey they’re severely ill idk what to do with them

this is already long so i’ll keep laios short hehe :3 but i don’t really think he’s much of a marriage guy either!!! though i can see him proposing…. kinda casually…… he doesn’t even realize it’s a proposal (meanwhile i’m 0.3 seconds away from exploding)…… if we had a wedding it’d for sure be monster themed <3333 i just want him to be happy!!!!! he buys me . a kitten. as a wedding gift…. and we have a tiny little cozy get-together with the other guys in our party :333

OKAY THAT’S ALL LMAO selfships will have u spilling your hypothetical life story like it’s nothing……. I LOVE YOU MICKEY MY DEAREST!!!!! thank you for being so sweet hehe, i’d love to hear abt your own selfship marriage thoughts too!! 🥺 though i already know abt some of them….. what abtttt misu and mikuna? :333 obsessed with you three btw…… kissing your noses one by one pls protect me from sukuna’s cleave ok???

[ghcststory]

closed starter for @swcctcrbittcr continued from here!

the potent rush of arousal still had vivian in a delirious haze. only letting out soft whimpers through labored breaths. she was too high to think about just how wrong this was. how her sister's boyfriend was ramming his fingers into her tight, clenching pussy. her walls wrapped around his digits, squeezing tightly as if it wanted him to stay there forever. the warm, sticky feeling of her own cum dripping down her thighs and the dirt below, a sensation she'd never felt before. vivian couldn't help herself, letting her eyes roll back and her hips start to rock once again. "y-you...you can't," she attempt to protest, but her grip moved to his wrist, holding on tightly, as if she was encouraging him to keep going. her body writhed in his grip, her ass bouncing as she bucked her hips. the coil was winding up once more. "daniel, please... oh fuck... daniel... daniel." she moaned, feeling his lips on her neck and the heat radiating from his body. the sounds of her wetness filling the air as he fingered her, the squelching of her own fluids. "you're gonna make me... again."

[h-a-unted]

you’re safe. they’ll never find us here. / @cokon for jack !

Trying to catch his breath, he had taken some time to stare at the other after the dust seemed to settle, for the moment. Though they seemed so confident, Reacher had other thoughts.

"Is this a safehouse?" Reacher asks, that would be one of the only places that could not be traced so quickly. "If you've used this place before, it might not be as safe as you think." Yet, he doesn't seem to mind. He trusts it'll take them a while to check this area in particular and, by then, Reacher trusted that he'd be long gone.

"Helping me interrupted... whatever you were doing. Why did you?" It was one of the things he didn't understand about the situation. There was nothing to gain from helping him out, rather he thought the other might do the opposite, before. More profit from that than this. Maybe, there was still a possibility that the stranger would sell him out... After all, Reacher couldn't even see his face, let alone his intentions.

[rvrend]

he hadn't been expecting to hear a knocking at his door this late in the hour, much less @moralpuppet out of anyone. rod hadn't heard much from the kid lately, only seen the drastic change in appearance and behaviour.

" orel ! what are you doing here ? "

he glanced around from side to side, seeing if anyone had come with him, or perhaps dropped him off at his steps. but alas, he found no one around, and the kid was looking worse than ever. eyes made their way back to orel, warm light from his house stark against the cold dim outside. it wasn't fully dark out yet, but it was bound to get dark soon. maybe being a nightowl was part of his newfound phase ...

[somnefarious]

I've decided it may be best to do asks a little differently - I'll still be answering them of course, because I appreciate the messages, but I'll present them a little more concisely in one post after collecting them together so that there won't be as much to scroll through whenever I work my way through my inbox. For asks where I'll have longer or more in depth answers, I'll still plan to post those separately.

tldr for the answers under the cut: Favorite hypnotic tools - dumbed down - catboy hypnosis - straight jackets - nagas - Bees - personal questions - kind messages

I'm not too picky when it comes to tools - I think a lot of the fun of hypnosis is finding new and creative ways to lead someone into trance, in real life or fictionally. If I had to choose though, I think the basics are my favorite - eye contact, a soothing voice, finger movements if need be, drawing on the focus and concentration of the subject. Can't go wrong with the classics.

I'm a fan - though I think of it more as not being allowed to access one's thoughts more than a literal decreasing of a character/person's intelligence. Like, they know the right answers somewhere inside of their head, but when they go to retrieve them the trance forces their thoughts to drift off, pulled away from coming up with the answers or making sense of the situation they're in and left in a fuzzy and confused state of mind. There's something about that that is so indicative of what hypnosis is or can be, and that's very cute to me.

Haha, most hypnosis to create a catboy is good 👏 next question

I can't say I have much of an opinion on them, to be honest. As a form of restraint to either aid the sensation of a trance or prevent the escape from one, I think they're fine. But I view them as pretty similar to most other forms of restraint (though I do have a favorite, and that's usually coils).

Although, if I think about it specifically in the case of a magician about to do an escape act only to get caught halfway through and hypnotized by a passing hypnotist, I think there's some better potential there than using it regularly as just a forced restraint on another person. There's something fun about the idea of a person presenting themselves in a trap of their own making to a hypnotic passerby who couldn't pass up on a good opportunity.

No, no regular predator instincts, at least not in the ones that I create. It would be based less on a biological instinct and more on each individual one's personality. Some prefer having their prey come to them willingly for a mutually beneficial hypnotic relationship. Others like to chase their prey down, with some specifically liking to play cat and mouse, catching and releasing the same prey in a chase that devolves further and further into fractionation the longer the hunt lasts. Others prefer to catch their prey unawares and dote on them once they're under, leaving them none the wiser once they wake up. Some only use hypnosis as a means of escape and survival. There are likely possibilities for more options other than those, but yeah, depends on each naga.

A person would be able to breathe in the honey pretty comfortably, though they wouldn't be able to stay conscious for long (if at all).

If a human was immune, the bees likely wouldn't be able to understand and would continue trying to assimilate them in the honey. As a last ditch effort, they have a method of closing off individual honey cells to try and 'incubate' a person longer. Even if a person is immune to the assimilation properties of the honey, very few are resistant to it's sedative effects, and even fewer are fully immune. Even if they didn't become a bee, most would eventually at least succumb to sleep inside of the honey cell. If an immune person was ever caught, they'd likely be stuck in the cell until they were rescued or whenever the bees were defeated and the Hive started to break down.

The only task that the drones have are to take care of the Queen bee, manage the honey and the Hive, and go out to recruit new bees. The Queen and the bees don't really have a driven goal in mind - similar to actual bees, their main goal is solely to live together, produce honey, and expand their home if need be.

Thank you - I post most of the finished art pieces I do on Twitter, Tumblr, and deviantArt, so most of what you'll see here outside of a couple doodles will also be on my dA.

For commissions, I'm not sure. Possibly. But if I do, it likely won't be for a while. Before the break I ended up burning myself out a little bit, so for now I'd like to focus on drawing what I would like to draw.

As always, thank you for the kind messages 👋